Part of 5. Questions to the Minister for International Relations and Welsh Language – in the Senedd at 3:00 pm on 1 July 2020.
Well, I would just say that I do have quite intensive discussions with the education Minister on this particular issue. Of course, I would be hugely concerned if there were to be any detrimental impact on the Welsh language. So, it is important to ensure that it's possible to continue to provide immersion education in the Welsh language and that there's no difficulty in that area, and that we also look at the fact that, by 2050, we want to see 40 per cent of our children in Welsh-medium education. So, these issues are raised and, of course, I do hope that, when the Bill is published formally over the next few weeks, things will be in place with which I will be comfortable, and so that those people who are concerned about the Welsh language are also comfortable with what's contained.